The planet Jupiter has been in the news, because visual evidence, first spotted by amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley, suggest something struck the planet. In this case, the likely culprit is a comet or an asteroid. This is not the first time this has happened. Fifteen years, parts of a comet hit the largest planet in the solar system, leaving behind a dark trail.
Today's pic of the day features Jupiter in a recent image from July 19th: Wesley's Image
From the post, I clicked several other links. One of which shows two smaller reddish spots near The Great Red Spot from last year: Three Spots
That post links to an interesting article from Space.com, Jupiter's Spots Disappear Amid Major Climate Change, which discusses climate change and some theories about the vortices which form in the planet's atmosphere. There are several good links from the article page, including a photograph from the Cassini spacecraft, View of Jupiter
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